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6 rhino - invokes the JavaScript shell for running scripts in batch mode
7 or interactive
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11 rhino [options] script_filename_or_url [script_arguments]
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15 This manual page documents briefly the rhino command.
16 rhino is a start script for the rhino JavaScript shell which provides a
18 simple way to run scripts in batch mode or an interactive environment
19 for exploratory programming.
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23 -e script_source
24 Executes script_source as a JavaScript script.
25 -f script_filename_or_url
27 Reads script_filename_or_url content and execute it as a
28 JavaScript script.
29 -opt, -O optLevel
31 Optimizes at level optLevel, which must be an integer between 0
32 and 9.
33 -version versionNumber
35 Specifies the language version to compile with. The string ver‐
36 sionNumber must be one of 100, 110, 120, 130, or 140. See
37 JavaScript Language Versions for more information on language
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42 Scripts executing in the shell have access to some additional proper‐
43 ties of the top-level object.
44 arguments
47 The arguments object is an array containing the strings of all
48 the arguments given at the command line when the shell was
49 invoked.
50 help() Executing the help function will print usage and help messages.
52 defineClass(className)
54 Define an extension using the Java class named with the string
55 argument className. Uses ScriptableObject.defineClass() to
56 define the extension.
57 deserialize(filename)
59 Restore from the specified file an object previously written by
60 a call to serialize.
61 load([filename,...])
63 Load JavaScript source files named by string arguments. If mul‐
64 tiple arguments are given, each file is read in and executed in
65 turn.
66 loadClass(className)
68 Load and execute the class named by the string argument class‐
69 Name. The class must be a class that implements the Script
70 interface, as will any script compiled by jsc.
71 print([expr...])
73 Evaluate and print expressions. Evaluates each expression, con‐
74 verts the result to a string, and prints it.
75 readFile(path[,characterCoding])
77 Read given file and convert its bytes to a string using the
78 specified character coding or default character coding if
79 explicit coding argument is not given.
80 readUrl(url[,characterCoding])
82 Open an input connection to the given string url, read all its
83 bytes and convert them to a string using the specified character
84 coding or default character coding if explicit coding argument
85 is not given.
86 runCommand(commandName,[arg,...][options])
88 Execute the specified command with the given argument and
89 options as a separate process and return the exit status of the
90 process. For details, see JavaDoc for
91 org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Global#runCommand.
92 serialize(object,filename)
94 Serialize the given object to the specified file.
95 spawn(functionOrScript)
97 Run the given function or script in a different thread.
98 sync(function)
100 creates a synchronized function (in the sense of a Java synchro‐
101 nized method) from an existing function. The new function syn‐
102 chronizes on the this object of its invocation.
103 quit() Quit shell. The shell will also quit in interactive mode if an
105 end-of-file character is typed at the prompt.
106 version([number])
108 Get or set JavaScript version number. If no argument is sup‐
109 plied, the current version number is returned. If an argument is
110 supplied, it is expected to be one of 100, 110, 120, 130, or 140
111 to indicate JavaScript version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, or 1.4
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116 The online documentation under http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/shell.html
117 ⟨http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/shell.html⟩
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121 This manual page was written by Wolfgang Baer <WBaer@gmx.de>.
122 February 12, 2005 RHINO(1)